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A PMHNP in an outpatient clinic is treating a 35-year-old patient with PTSD who has been doing well in trauma-focused therapy. The patient asks the PMHNP to prescribe a benzodiazepine for "occasional anxiety." The PMHNP believes this is not clinically indicated. The patient says, "I have the right to decide my own treatment." How should the PMHNP respond?